How bad do postpartum tears actually hurt?!

I was reading a post earlier where a mom was talking about being in a crazy amount of pain and was unable to sit because of it - a vast majority of the comments were saying this was "not normal" and something was "definitely wrong" and now I'm curious...

I have always had a low pain tolerance so I thought the amount of pain I had with my 2nd degree tear was normal but now I am second guessing?

I was frequently sobbing (snot down my face, whole shirt wet from tears type sobbing) for a good part of the first 2 weeks - sitting down was excruciating for me and no amount of OTC pain meds helped me (though they didnt really help me while I was in the hospital either, so..)

I really assumed this was fairly normal? I mean getting stitches down there cannot feel good - especially if you get hemorrhoids or anal fissures down there as well.

How bad was your tear and the pain?

ETA: I am definitely starting to think something may have been wrong but I assumed it was normal so I didn't notice (like a popped stitch or something) it was crazy to hear about how many people dealt with itchiness and hemorrhoid pain!! I didn't even know itchiness was a thing people felt (probably because I was in so much pain) but also shocked people were bothered by the hemorrhoids because I didn't even know they were there until my doctor told me! It's so crazy how we all feel things so differently 😭😭 I am very nervous for my second now, mostly due to the itching comments!!